Brilliance of the Seas WiFi/computer geek Question

[vamel]

We will be on the BOS in July for a 12 day Med cruise. My hubby's B-Day is in June, and I want to purchase him something smaller than a laptop, so he can keep up with his email and have something to load his pictures on.

 

I was looking at the Ipad, but noticed that on the RCI site, it says that in order to use the WiFi, you have to have a Windows Operating System.

 

Is this still valid? Wouldn't this mean that the Ipad wouldn't be able to connect to the WiFi?

 

If I am understanding this correctly, a netbook might be a better option.

 

Any advise from anybody would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks.

[madforcruising]

We will be on the BOS in July for a 12 day Med cruise. My hubby's B-Day is in June, and I want to purchase him something smaller than a laptop, so he can keep up with his email and have something to load his pictures on.

 

I was looking at the Ipad, but noticed that on the RCI site, it says that in order to use the WiFi, you have to have a Windows Operating System.

 

Is this still valid? Wouldn't this mean that the Ipad wouldn't be able to connect to the WiFi?

 

If I am understanding this correctly, a netbook might be a better option.

 

Any advise from anybody would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks.

 

 

I´m not much help in regards to the ipad, but as far as I know the Ipad has WiFi connectivity and as long as it has that it should work.

 

I do know that people with apple computers have been available to connect onboard. The reason for RCI stating Windows operating systems only is they don´t want to have to give support to apple users. So stating Windows system only saves them from questions they possibly can´t answer;).

[vamel]

Thanks for the response and the clarification. It sounds that no matter what I choose, as long as it has a WiFi connection it should work.